What is the Greek word rendered as “taken” in the KJV in the Matthew 24 passage you quote?
The word is 'παραλαμβάνω', used 49 times in the NT in a variety of contexts:
- 'Arise and take the young child...' (Mt 1:24)
- 'and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself..' (Lk 11:26)
- 'and the Devil taketh him up into the holy city'(Mat 4:5)
- 'For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you...'(1 Cor 11:23)
Where are you taking this?